Opinion

By Taffi Nyawanza
In a functional democracy, the courts are society’s best safety valve. They provide the necessary outlet for hopes and aspirations as well as pent-up emotions that otherwise might be expressed on the streets and sometimes violently.
There have...

By Fitch Solutions
Key View: The election of Emmerson Mnangagwa as President of Zimbabwe presents growing upside risks to growth in the country's mining industry over the coming years. However, we are holding off on revising the country's production forecasts...

A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.
Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters say the measures are justified due to Zimbabwe’s...

We asked a young Zimbabwean to write down his views on last week's election. He wrote a poem instead.
Beyond it all, I will find myself
By Tatenda Chinondidyachii Mashanda
Beyond suffering
There lies my heart in the gully of despair
There lies...

By Perry Munzwembiri
If there ever was any doubt about the exact nature of the state Robert Mugabe - deposed in what has become known as a military assisted transition back in November 2017 - bequeathed us, then the events...

AS anti-riot police fought back a tide of angry opposition supporters at the gates of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's temporary base, a relaxed ZEC chairperson Chigumba was fielding questions from journalists, seemingly impervious to the storm of discontentment over...

By Sharon Mupfure
When Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated in November, many people around me were over the top in their hope. I was really sceptical. I have changed over time.
The funny thing is that those that were over the top...

By Tawanda Moyo
TWENTY-ONE years ago, I started Grade One at a rural school in Masvingo.
There were just a few benches in that class and, close to every day, we wrote a test to determine who got to sit on...

Politicians lie.
They will lie about their achievements, and lie about their promises. They have studied us. They know what we want to hear; we warm to hopeful and positive messages, and we hate painful truths. So they lie.
And how...

IF he had his way, Nelson Chamisa said on Wednesday, he would not have participated in an election without his demanded reforms.
But as “a leader who is democratic”, he yielded to the people, including traditional leaders, war veterans, serving...